Are designer clothes worth it? Should you spend $200 on jeans?

[tehuberc]

What do you guys think? Is the arguable difference in quality worth the huge increase in price?

[bassteban]

No, I guess- I'd never consider spending that kind of cash on clothes, so I don't really know. If $200 pants guaranteed a random GCS once or twice a day, sure.

[jmattbassplaya]

There's no difference in the quality of blue jeans once you pass a certain price point (IMHO, that point is around $25). After that point you're just buying a name.

[sneha1965]

No.

[carl h.]

No way, not ever!

[hover]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

There's no difference in the quality of blue jeans once you pass a certain price point (IMHO, that point is around $25). After that point you're just buying a name.

Well, the initial quality of the demin (short fiber vs. long) is testament to durability (short fibers have more adhesive, so they feel coarse and shrink more), so there is that factor, and you pay for better stock (if it weren't primarly work-wear, I'd spend up tp 40-50 bucks a pair, tops), but in the case of fashion trendy brands, they are disposable high-dollar commodity... hence the pre-made wear-holes and elaborate embroidery and rivetting and badging to distract from the sometimes inferior raw stock.

Not always the case, but definitely a case of diminishing returns. I usually find a fit that works with my pear-like slightly muffin top physique, and buy a few pairs, wear them out, repeat. Usually a 75-100 investment every 2 years.

[nogoodwithnames]

I do think there is a noticeable difference in quality and fit with more expensive jeans. Is it worth all the $, not in my opinion...

But I have received some expensive jeans as gifts, (I'm talking 80-90 dollar jeans) and they are quite nice. I can't bring myself to spend more than 30 bucks on a pair though

[Kwesi]

I know a few people that swear by the quality of brands like Diesel and others that just buy for the style. Personally, I only buy clothes whenever of my usual shopping outlets has a sale (which might as well be all the durn time, lol) so I'm usually paying in the area of $25-60 for jeans and shorts. I buy for style but they usually last a long while before anything happens. In fact, I can only remember one pair of jeans that had to be decommissioned for damages.

[jmattbassplaya]

I buy my blue jeans at the grocery store.

[carl h.]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I buy my blue jeans at the grocery store.

SWEET!!!

[hover]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I buy my blue jeans at the grocery store.

I buy work jeans at the Job Lot, usually name brand "irregulars"...three legs? two asses? just tuck that extra stuff in a back pocket.

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I buy my blue jeans at the grocery store.

I didn't even know that was possible, lol.

[elgecko]

Only if they make your BMW look good!

[fourstringdrums]

The only clothing that I've found where the price is proportionate to quality is underwear. In that case, yes it's worth it.

[ShredderMaximus]

Only if they make your butt look, like, tooooooootally awesome

[tplyons]

Cheap jeans, in my experience, are cut generically. The one size fits all (and looks sloppy on everyone) just doesn't work for me. So I go for Gap jeans, normal price around $60 a pair, but I generally grab them when they're on sale.

So yes, there's an advantage to more expensive jeans (up to about $60/70) and that's cut, perhaps more if you have a unique body shape. But I can never see myself spending $100 or more on a pair of jeans.

For the record, I was given a pair of Diesels, and I couldn't wear $280 jeans and feel good about it. Sold them pretty soon thereafter on eBay.

[bigfatbass]

Price doesn't matter, quality costs money, designer label or otherwise. Carhardts cost more than K-Mart pants for a reason.

If, however, the only design on the garment is a huge logo for the company that made it, you are an idiot lemming.

You ever see Jay-z wearing a 3ft Rocawear tag in the back of his puffy jacket?

No. That's because he is smart enough to not be a walking billboard, even for his own shwag.

To then in addition pay top dollar in order to be a walking billboard? That is the peak of wannabe cluelessness.

I'm not talking about wearing a Fender cap, I'm talking about an oversize depiction of the "designer's" name being the only decoration on the garment, like all the dopes walking around with aeropostal, and A&F logos 10" high on the chest of an $80 t-shirt.

You can find very nice, well-made, clothes in those catalogs. To pick the one that turns you into a sandwich board, just so you can show people from across a football field you are rich/trendy enough to shop in such places...well...

...all I can think is: "moron."

Putting that kind of burden of status on our kids is why I favor uniforms/dress codes in public schools.

[GregC]

I spend about $50 apiece on Levis, but that's because I need the tall sizes. The regular sizes are closer to $40. No way I'd spend more than that, the pricier fashion jeans just look silly to me. And that was the case when I was young, too--I never rocked the Sergio Valentis.

[Big_Daddy]

I'd only spend 200$ on jeans if they looked nice and I knew that they'd last for years (provided my waistline stays the same). That being said, I wouldn't pay 200$ just because they slapped an Armani Exchange patch on a pair of high quality jeans made in Bangladesh.

I'm perfectly happy with the clothes I have, all of which (except for a few old metal t-shirts) don't advertise any brands. The only sort of 'advertisement' I have is my ball cap, which has the logo for RGI (Rod Guide Industries. My companies sister company).

[jmattbassplaya]

Dunno why, but this thread is beginning to remind me of Valley Girl by Zappa:

YouTube - ‪Frank Zappa - Valley Girl‬‏